gurukula
gurukula noun: a residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house.
Noun
gurukula (plural gurukulas)
- A residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house.
gurukula meaning in Hindi and Tamil
gurukula in Hindi
- gurukula
- गुरुकुल gurukul
gurukula in Tamil
- gurukula, an ancient system of education practised in India, Asia. Through this system, the student wishing to pursue education had to serve the teacher to learn various skills such as warfare and Vedic literature
- குருகுலம் kurukulam
Forms of gurukula
| plural | gurukulas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gurukul |
Origin of gurukula
From Sanskrit गुरुकुल (gurukula).
Questions about gurukula
- What does gurukula mean?
- Gurukula means a residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house.
- What is gurukula in Hindi?
- Gurukula in Hindi is गुरुकुल (gurukul). See Gurukula meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gurukula?
- Gurukula is a noun.
- What is the plural of gurukula?
- The plural of gurukula is gurukulas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gurukula (page history and authors); गुरुकुल (Hindi) (page history and authors); குருகுலம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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